On the Road (Count Basie album)

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On the Road
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Studio album by
Count Basie
Released1980
RecordedJuly 12, 1979
StudioMountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre Jazz, big band
Length42:16
Label Pablo Today
Producer Norman Granz
Count Basie chronology
Live in Japan '78
(1978)		On the Road
(1980)		 Digital III at Montreux
(1979)
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On the Road is an album by the Count Basie Orchestra that won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band in 1981. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Wind Machine" (Sammy Nestico) – 3:16
  2. "Blues for Stephanie" (John Clayton) – 7:01
  3. "John the III" (Bobby Plater) – 4:55
  4. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 2:59
  5. "Bootie's Blues" (Count Basie, Booty Wood) – 4:00
  6. "Splanky" (Neal Hefti) – 3:42
  7. "Basie" (Ernie Wilkins) – 4:27
  8. "Watch What Happens" (Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 2:17
  9. "Work Song" (Nat Adderley, Oscar Brown Jr.) – 4:02
  10. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 5:37

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 93. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  3. ↑ "On the Road - Count Basie | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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